Improvement in horse-powers



W. W.v DINGEE.

HonsE-PQWER.

No.172,304. Patented Jan. 1e, 187e.

MW www A NPETERS, PHOYO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHXNGTDN. D CA UNITED STATES PATENT (DETICEo WILLIAM W. DINGEE, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,304, dated January 18, 1876; application led February 18, 1875.

To all lwhom yit may concern:

Be it known that I, W. W. DINGEE, of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improve ments in HorsePowers, ot' which the following is a specicatio:

The rst part ot' my invention is designed 4 is an enlarged section of the front part ot'4 the horse-power.

In Fighl, a is the 'master-Wheel of' horse power, towhich the levers are attached. b is the line-shaft of the power, running to the machine to be driven, and is given motion by suitable gearing from main shaft n. c is the brakewheel to this line'shat't b. cl is the brake, that is brought to bear on wheel c by drawing on rod c, Fig. 3 5' this rod passes up through the drivers platform, and terminates in a handle convenient to the driver. ff, Fig. 4, represent the anges on master-wheel a, and the corresponding anges onlthe pinion which engages with it; the 'flanges correspond with the pitch-line ot' the gear, and give a smooth carriage to lnastenwheel a. h is the iron frame ot' the power. c' is an iron brace.

k is a wooden brace. These braces are attached at their outer ends; the iron brace c' terminates in a hook, which hooks into ring t. m, Fig. 4, is the box of shaft n; this box is cast as part ot' frame l, and lined with suitable box metal. t is a wrought-iron ring surrounding box m, and into which iron brace c' hooks. The object of braces and k is to furnish a means of securely fastening the power to the ground. Ring t, surrounding both the box m and main shaft u, holds the power by the combined strength of m and n, the power is thus held from shaft n, Without depending entirely on the strength of frame h.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The mode of staking portable horse-powers by means of the rod t', ring t, and brace la, substantially as described.

2. The combination of line-shaft b, the

brake-wheel c, the brake-lever fe, and brake d, l

arranged substantially as described.

' W. W. DINGEE.

Witnesses: v

EDGAR P. SAWYER, J oHN 0.1HANL0N. 

